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Move Forward to Save a Life: A Review Article on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Jennifer Justina. J, Nivethita ., Mrs. ManjuBala Dash, Felicia Chithra

Abstract


Imagine walking on the road and suddenly seeing a passerby suffering from chest pain and collapsing. Would you be able to give a life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitations CPR? The answer would be most likely; no people should continue to jump in quickly to give CPR, using breaths if they’ve been trained. In case of sudden cardiac arrest, the mortality is very high almost 90 percentage or more is not resuscitated within 10 minutes. A quick action, proper training, use of technology and coordinated efforts can increase survival from cardiac arrest. Survival depends on immediate CPR and other actions that starting with bystanders.

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